Pieter Huys

Painter from the Southern Netherlands
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroPainter from the Southern Netherlands
A.K.A.Pieter Huüs Peter Huys Peeter Huys
A.K.A.Pieter Huüs Peter Huys Peeter Huys
PlacesNetherlands
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1519, Antwerp, Belgium
Death1584Antwerp, Belgium (aged 65 years)
The details

Biography

Pieter Huys (c.1519–c.1584) was a Flemish Renaissance painter.

Biography

Little is known of his early life, and though he was mostly active in Antwerp, his place of birth and death is not certain. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1545, and his last dated work is from 1577. He is known as a follower of Jheronimus Bosch.

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